Word: 左右 (zuǒyòu)

左右 dictionary entry

zuǒyòu: approximately; left and right; nearby; attendant; to control; to influence

Full dictionary entry for 左右

What 左右 means in each sentence

approximately 20 sentences
left and right 4 sentences

Example sentences using 左右

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世界上的人口60亿左右。

Shìjiè shàng de rénkǒu liùshí yì zuǒyòu.

There are about 6 billion people in the world.
他不会分辨左右。

Tā búhuì fēnbiàn zuǒyòu.

He can't distinguish between left and right.
他五点左右会回来。

Tā wǔ diǎn zuǒyòu huì huílai.

He'll be back by five o'clock.
他会在四点左右到这里。

Tā huì zài sì diǎn zuǒyòu dào zhèlǐ.

He'll be here around four o'clock.
他六点左右要给我打电话。

Tā liù diǎn zuǒyòu yào gěi wǒ dǎdiànhuà.

He will call for me about six.
他左右看了看。

Tā zuǒyòu kànle kàn.

He looked left and right.
他应该40岁左右吧。

Tā yīnggāi sìshí suì zuǒyòu ba.

He must be about forty.
我七点左右来就可以了吧？

Wǒ qī diǎn zuǒyòu lái jiù kěyǐ le ba?

Would it suffice if I came around 7?
我三时左右随便吃了点东西。

Wǒ sān shí zuǒyòu suíbiàn chīle diǎn dōngxi.

I had a bite at around 3 o'clock.
我两点半左右打电话过来好吗？

Wǒ liǎng diǎn bàn zuǒyòu dǎdiànhuà guòlái hǎo ma?

May I call around 2:30?
我会在5点左右打电话给你。

Wǒ huì zài wǔ diǎn zuǒyòu dǎdiànhuà gěi nǐ.

I'll call you around five o'clock.
我六点左右起床。

Wǒ liù diǎn zuǒyòu qǐchuáng.

I got up at about six.
我在五时左右起了床。

Wǒ zài wǔ shí zuǒyòu qǐle chuáng.

I got up about five.
我在10点左右去睡觉。

Wǒ zài shí diǎn zuǒyòu qù shuìjiào.

I went to sleep about 10 o'clock.
日本人口是台湾人口的五倍左右。

Rìběn rénkǒu shì Táiwān rénkǒu de wǔ bèi zuǒyòu.

The population of Japan is about five times that of Taiwan.
最近气温一直在二十度左右徘徊。

Zuìjìn qìwēn yìzhí zài èrshí dù zuǒyòu páihuái.

Lately the temperature has hovered around twenty degrees.
磨道上的驴，左右全由不得自己

mó dào shàng de lǘ, zuǒyòu quán yóubùde zìjǐ

a donkey on the millstone track: neither left nor right is up to itself
能麻烦您等一个小时左右吗？

Néng máfan nín děng yí gè xiǎoshí zuǒyòu ma?

Can you wait about an hour?
蝴蝶的翅膀左右对称。

Húdié de chìbǎng zuǒyòu duìchèn.

A butterfly's wings are symmetrical left and right.
请在七点半左右打电话给我。

Qǐng zài qī diǎn bàn zuǒyòu dǎdiànhuà gěi wǒ.

Please call me around 7:30.
请在七点半左右打给我。

Qǐng zài qī diǎn bàn zuǒyòu dǎ gěi wǒ.

Please call me around 7:30.
这封信约一个星期左右到达。

Zhè fēng xìn yuē yí gè xīngqī zuǒyòu dàodá.

The letter will arrive in a week or so.
这座古桥建于公元六百年左右。

Zhè zuò gǔ qiáo jiàn yú gōngyuán liù bǎinián zuǒyòu.

This ancient bridge was built around 600 CE.
雾在十时左右开始散了。

Wù zài shí shí zuǒyòu kāishǐ sànle.

The fog began to disappear around ten o'clock.